81 FR 85524 - Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 228 (November 28, 2016)

The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 158th meeting.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 228 (Monday, November 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85524-85525]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28509]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF019


Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold 
its 158th meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 13-14, 2016. The Council 
will convene on Tuesday, December 13, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 
and will reconvene on Wednesday, December 14, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Frenchman's Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort, 5 
Estate Bakkeroe, St. Thomas, USVI

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 
270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918, 
telephone (787) 766-5926.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold its 158th regular 
Council Meeting to discuss the items contained in the following agenda:

December 13, 2016, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

[cir] Call to Order
[cir] Adoption of Agenda
[cir] Consideration of 157th Council Meeting Verbatim Transcriptions
[cir] Executive Director's Report
[cir] Scientific and Statistical Committee Report--Dr. Richard 
Appeldoorn
[cir] SEDAR 2017 Update on Life History Workshop and Spiny Lobster
[cir] Accountability Measure Timing-Update on Status Following 
Secretarial Submission
[cir] Island-based Fishery Management Plans
    --Review of Proposed Actions and Alternatives
    --Timeline Status, SSC and DAP Meeting Schedule, Next Council Steps
    --Goals and Objectives
    --Puerto Rico
    --St. Thomas/St. John
    --St. Croix
[cir] Outcomes from public hearings on the development of a permit 
program for harvest of Snapper Unit 2 from the Puerto Rico EEZ
[cir] Developing an alternative annual catch limit (ACL) benchmark for 
application of accountability measures (AMs)
[cir] Initiating development of a Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the U.S. 
Caribbean
[cir] Identification of ACL overages and the need to apply AMs in the 
2017 fishing year
[cir] Ocean Economics of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands--
Jeffery Adkins
[cir] Other Business
    --Exempted Fishing Permit for Puerto Rico--Department of Natural 
and Environmental Resources
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (5-minutes presentations)
[cir] Administrative Matters
    --CY-2017
    --Closed Session

December 14, 2016, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

[cir] Puerto Rico Fishers Spiny Lobster Data Collection Initiative
[cir] Marine Recreational Information Program-Status of Regional 
Implementation Plan
[cir] Atlantic HMS Fisheries--Delisse Ort[iacute]z/Jen Cudney
[cir] SEAMAP Update
[cir] Outreach and Education Report--Dr. Alida Ort[iacute]z
[cir] Update on Ongoing Reef Fish and Spiny Lobster Endangered Species 
7 Consultation--Jennifer Lee--SERO/PRD
[cir] Enforcement Issues:
    --Puerto Rico-DNER
    --U.S. Virgin Islands-DPNR
    --U.S. Coast Guard
    --NMFS/NOAA
[cir] Meetings Attended by Council Members and Staff
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (5-minute presentations)
[cir] Other Business
[cir] Next Meeting(s)

    The established times for addressing items on the agenda may be 
adjusted as necessary to accommodate the timely completion of 
discussion relevant to the agenda items. To further accommodate 
discussion and completion of all items on the agenda, the meeting may 
be extended from, or completed prior to the date established in this 
notice.

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    The meeting is open to the public, and will be conducted in 
English. Fishers and other interested persons are invited to attend and 
participate with oral or written statements regarding agenda issues.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be subjects for 
formal action during this meeting. Actions will be restricted to those 
issues specifically identified in this notice, and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under 
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided that the public has been notified of the 
Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
For more information or request for sign language interpretation and/
other auxiliary aids, please contact Mr. Miguel A. Rol[oacute]n, 
Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 270 
Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918, 
telephone (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 22, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-28509 Filed 11-25-16; 8:45 am]
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